I only use the map if I don't have time to select the right system before I drift too close to the center of the system and become unable to jump. If I do this before the ship finishes its 180 degree turn, it doesn't slow me down at all. (This brings up the minimap in the top right of the gameplay window.) When I jump into a system, I hold down the reverse key, while selecting the system for the next jump, then start the jump. Instead, I use the hyper select key to cycle through the adjacent systems and choose the destination for each jump. However, the rest of the game is paused while the map is open, so I use it as little as possible. Then you can just hold the jump key until you arrive. The easiest way to choose the system you jump to is to bring up the map screen and lock in a route to your final destination. Top speed and acceleration affect how quickly you travel between planets and the hyper limit. So there are two main stats that affect jumping time: jump speed and turn rate. When you initiate a hyper jump, your ship first turns to face opposite to its direction of travel, then turns to face the direction of the destination system, then begins the actual jump. You can only jump if you're at least 1000 pixels from the center of the system (unless the system is empty). (This is why there's a 2X icon in the top left.) I keep this on at all times, of course. The caps lock key still causes gameplay to be twice as fast though. Unlike previous EV games, there is no speed slider in the settings in Nova. If you're only interested in explanation of what I did, along with a humorous, but mostly accurate summary of the plot, just skip ahead to the segment by segment. First I'm going to talk about the game mechanics and the strategies I used to play as fast as possible.
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